| A Bonelli's Warbler was at Pwll Cyw near Uwchmynydd PICTURE: SIMON KNIGHTS FANS of one of Wales' fastest declining birds are celebrating after the Conseil d'Etat ruled that no
Curlews can be hunted in France this winter.
However it is not a long term solution, but a measure employed while research takes place to guide
curlew conservation policy.
Without this help the
curlew as a species could be extinct within 10 to 15 years.
Some conservationists now admit that vegetation growth is affecting nesting habitats and that grazing levels need to increase if
curlew and golden plover numbers are to recover.
If we really want to continue to celebrate the arrival of spring with the lilting voices of
curlew, lapwings and the frantic piping of oyster-catchers ringing in our ears, we need to find ways of helping them and other farmland birds.
Among the waders were
Curlew, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Knot, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Golden Plover.
The Far Eastern
Curlew, a bird commonly found in Eastern Russia, has been sighted in Bataan province for the first time, according to the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines (WBCP) on Saturday (Jan.
The
curlew is the emblem of Northumberland National Park, and for many people its call symbolises the region's moorlands.
Reuben found a
curlew chick down the cattle grid one evening while we were on our way to the cow pasture.
Residents of
Curlew Close in Rhiwbina have said they felt "forgotten about" after reports that recycling bags were uncollected for nearly a month.
Fellow
Curlew Close resident Malcolm Johns added: "It will be next Saturday by the time they pick it up at the earliest.
It is therefore essential endangered species such as the corncrake and
curlew are protected before they disappear from the Irish landscape.
NORTH Wales Assembly Member Mark Isherwood, who is Wales Species Champion for the
curlew, has spoken in the Assembly Chamber of the need to protect this threatened bird species.
Europe's largest and most distinctive wading bird, the
curlew is among those that have been added to the "red list" of threatened UK birds in its most recent update, with numbers falling 64 per cent from 1970 to 2014.
M2 EQUITYBITES-January 17, 2017-Empiric acquires Foss Studios student accomodation from
Curlew Student Trust
